April 26, 2024
1909 O INDIAN HEAD HALF EAGLE COMMEMORATIVE COIN SET PROOF VALUE $129.95
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1909 O INDIAN HEAD HALF EAGLE COMMEMORATIVE COIN SET PROOF VALUE $129.95 Celebrating the unique incuse design of the Indian Head Half Eagle Brilliantly layered in 24k gold Featuring a stunning Reverse Proof finishDetails Limitation: 9999 complete collections Weight: 54 g Material (details): Cu, layered in 24k gold Issue year: 2017 Diameter: 50 mm Obverse: 1909-O Indian Head Half Eagle Reverse: American Buffalo Finish: Gold-layered Material: Copper Quality: Proof1909 O INDIAN HEAD HALF EAGLE COMMEMORATIVE COIN SET PROOF In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt decided that American gold coins lacked artistic merit and needed a new look. Roosevelt chose master sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign the $10 Eagle and the $20 Double Eagle. Bela Lyon Pratt, a student of Saint-Gaudens, was chosen to design the new Quarter and Half Eagles. One of the few U.S. coin designs not featuring Lady Liberty, Bela Lyon Pratt's Indian Head design caused a major stir when it began circulating in 1908. Besides depicting an Indian brave instead of Liberty, the coins also featured a rare incuse design where the images and legends sink below the surface of the coin, rather than rising above it. Today, Pratt's Indian Head design is considered an important aspect of the early 20th Century renaissance of American coinage.
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